Christmas 2013

Every year at this time, some of the major medical journals publish special Christmas articles. The BMJ and the CMAJ offer some open access articles for our holiday reading. From this year’s December issue of the British Medical Journal:   Christmas 2013 Research Food For Thought. Laughter and MIRTH (Methodical Investigation of Risibility, Therapeutic and Harmful): narrative synthesis Were James Bond’s drinks shaken because of alcohol induced tremor? [ See a chart of Bond's alcohol units per week, 1963-1965] “Compulsive plague! pain without end!” How Richard Wagner played out his migraine in the opera Siegfried The CMAJ’s Holiday Reading [open access coming soon] Unsubstantiated Theory: The story of a physician, his bowels and beer Satire: The metamorphosis Poetry: Problems: Adam had ‘em Poetry: Firedrake The Medical Journal of Australia‘s Christmas Crackers will be coming soon See older Christmas issue entries   especially Christmas Songs for Christmas Eve
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